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Spice up your degree with a music elective! The School of Music offer a wide variety of units in all semesters, with subjects ranging from music performance, history, composition, ethnomusicology, con…

Have you thought about enhancing your next event with live music? The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music offer a wide range of ensembles; from jazz ensembles to string quartets, vocalists, soloists and …

Jazz & Popular Studies

The Jazz Studies program is based on the African American jazz idiom as a language for learning that focusses on Australian music but embraces a wide selection of musical styles including jazz, world music, Brazilian, Indian, free, electronic, popular, Latin and blues to name but a few styles.

The philosophy of the course is to offer a strong technical and musical foundation that allows the student to develop a personal ‘voice’ which is a result of their broad musical education and an awareness of their social and cultural being. Academically, there is a focus to learn research skills in performance (practice-based research), musicology and ethnomusicology, which can equate to further study in the postgraduate area.

Within the music undergraduate degree, students are also offered classes in jazz arranging/composition, ear training, improvisation materials, theory, instrument specific workshops, keyboard skills, Indian rhythms, Brazilian music (Choro–Samba), composition, performance workshop, stage band, world music ensemble and small ensembles.

The latest collaborative Monash Sessions album was launched at the Stonnington Jazz Festival in late May
The new album sees leading Australian jazz vocalist, Vince Jones join with students from the Read more

The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music had great success at the Australian Bell Awards (annual music awards for jazz music in Australia) held at the Regent Theatre – Monash University were winners Read more